This is Scunthorpe -- ISLE of Axholme actress Sheridan Smith has spoken about her role in BBC One's The 7.39, which is set to begin on Monday, January 6. Sheridan plays the part of health club manager Sally Thorn in the two-part romantic drama. It follows the story of Sally and sales executive Carl Matthews, played by David Morrissey, who meet and start up a friendship on their daily commute. Sheridan discussed the role and the project in publicity material produced by the BBC and Carnival Films, which made the programme. Tell us about Sally Thorn? Sally is a lovely girl who works hard. She's the Manager of a gym in London. She's at that stage in her life where she doesn't quite know what she wants. She has been married once before and it didn't work out. Now she's engaged and getting cold feet about marrying her fiancé Ryan. He's very keen to get married and have children but she can't quite picture herself in that scenario. She is going along with it anyway because he's such a lovely guy and she is at the age where she feels she has to settle down. Then she meets somebody on her commute to work and life changes. What attracted you to the project in the beginning? When I found out that David Nicholls had written this piece I was so excited. I have always been a huge fan of his and I've always wanted to work with Carnival as they produce such great dramas. I read the script and I was hooked, I couldn't put it down and the part was brilliant. David is a very clever writer. Then I heard that David Morrissey was going to be playing Carl. I did a read through with David years ago and when we were at the RTS awards recently we saw each other across a room and both said - "are you doing it?" and we were! Then I found out about Olivia Colman who is my idol and gorgeous Sean who plays my husband - it's just a dream team. I was honoured and shocked that they wanted me, as soon as they asked I jumped at the chance. What has it been like working with David? David is amazing. I couldn't sing his praises enough to be honest. He's such a great actor. We did a play reading years ago and always said we wanted to work together, so when I heard he was being cast as Carl I was thrilled. It's so important that there is chemistry between us and he is just brilliant, so I'm very honoured to be working with him. What has it been like working with John Alexander? I have always wanted to work with John Alexander too. He has a very strong and clear vision when he directs, but at the same time he lets us create a lot on the day and he lets things evolve during the scene. He's very patient with me - I am a great self-doubter. I can't wait to see how it looks when it's all edited together. You've said Olivia was an idol of yours – was it fun working alongside her? I don't have many scenes with Olivia, which is a shame but even to be on the same job with her is brilliant. She was always somebody that I admired and looked up to, so when I found out she was playing Maggie I was very excited. On the same day I was going to the Baftas we were doing a scene on the moving train, so I had to get Cathy our make-up artist to do my make-up and I had to dress on the train. That was the night Olivia won two awards, I picked up one and we had to come in the next day to film, it was good fun. David Nicholls is a genius. You go through life and people never meet that one true love or have that connection with someone so I've loved being a part of this. Every household will be having a conversation about it and there will be so many rows between couples. It's just really interesting seeing it from different sides and it's a love story but it's kind of sexy as well and I think people should definitely tune in for that. What was it like to spend so much time filming on the train? There is something quite romantic about trains, from classic films with images of people waving you off or leaning out of windows as the train departs. It was fun filming on a moving train. We all looked a bit drunk staggering down the aisles together. I was amazed at how the crew managed to lug all of the cameras and lighting about on a tiny train. You've got all the real countryside going past so it was an authentic experience. What I found when I moved to London was (being a Northerner who talks to everyone) I would sit on the train and start talking to people and they would move seats. In London people keep themselves to themselves quite a lot. The 7.39 is a commute, it's all these people that get the same train everyday and they never really speak to each other and I think that's why Carl and Sally, when they meet, have this connection that no one else around them has. I've not had a connection like that on a train, I've tried to talk to people but they just move! The 7.39 will be broadcast on BBC One at 9pm on Monday, January 6 and Tuesday, January 7. *Follow us on Facebook and Twitter*
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This is Scunthorpe -- ISLE of Axholme actress Sheridan Smith has spoken about her role in BBC One's The 7.39, which is set to begin on Monday, January 6. Sheridan plays the part of health club manager Sally Thorn in the two-part romantic drama. It follows the story of Sally and sales executive Carl Matthews, played by David Morrissey, who meet and start up a friendship on their daily commute. Sheridan discussed the role and the project in publicity material produced by the BBC and Carnival Films, which made the programme. Tell us about Sally Thorn? Sally is a lovely girl who works hard. She's the Manager of a gym in London. She's at that stage in her life where she doesn't quite know what she wants. She has been married once before and it didn't work out. Now she's engaged and getting cold feet about marrying her fiancé Ryan. He's very keen to get married and have children but she can't quite picture herself in that scenario. She is going along with it anyway because he's such a lovely guy and she is at the age where she feels she has to settle down. Then she meets somebody on her commute to work and life changes. What attracted you to the project in the beginning? When I found out that David Nicholls had written this piece I was so excited. I have always been a huge fan of his and I've always wanted to work with Carnival as they produce such great dramas. I read the script and I was hooked, I couldn't put it down and the part was brilliant. David is a very clever writer. Then I heard that David Morrissey was going to be playing Carl. I did a read through with David years ago and when we were at the RTS awards recently we saw each other across a room and both said - "are you doing it?" and we were! Then I found out about Olivia Colman who is my idol and gorgeous Sean who plays my husband - it's just a dream team. I was honoured and shocked that they wanted me, as soon as they asked I jumped at the chance. What has it been like working with David? David is amazing. I couldn't sing his praises enough to be honest. He's such a great actor. We did a play reading years ago and always said we wanted to work together, so when I heard he was being cast as Carl I was thrilled. It's so important that there is chemistry between us and he is just brilliant, so I'm very honoured to be working with him. What has it been like working with John Alexander? I have always wanted to work with John Alexander too. He has a very strong and clear vision when he directs, but at the same time he lets us create a lot on the day and he lets things evolve during the scene. He's very patient with me - I am a great self-doubter. I can't wait to see how it looks when it's all edited together. You've said Olivia was an idol of yours – was it fun working alongside her? I don't have many scenes with Olivia, which is a shame but even to be on the same job with her is brilliant. She was always somebody that I admired and looked up to, so when I found out she was playing Maggie I was very excited. On the same day I was going to the Baftas we were doing a scene on the moving train, so I had to get Cathy our make-up artist to do my make-up and I had to dress on the train. That was the night Olivia won two awards, I picked up one and we had to come in the next day to film, it was good fun. David Nicholls is a genius. You go through life and people never meet that one true love or have that connection with someone so I've loved being a part of this. Every household will be having a conversation about it and there will be so many rows between couples. It's just really interesting seeing it from different sides and it's a love story but it's kind of sexy as well and I think people should definitely tune in for that. What was it like to spend so much time filming on the train? There is something quite romantic about trains, from classic films with images of people waving you off or leaning out of windows as the train departs. It was fun filming on a moving train. We all looked a bit drunk staggering down the aisles together. I was amazed at how the crew managed to lug all of the cameras and lighting about on a tiny train. You've got all the real countryside going past so it was an authentic experience. What I found when I moved to London was (being a Northerner who talks to everyone) I would sit on the train and start talking to people and they would move seats. In London people keep themselves to themselves quite a lot. The 7.39 is a commute, it's all these people that get the same train everyday and they never really speak to each other and I think that's why Carl and Sally, when they meet, have this connection that no one else around them has. I've not had a connection like that on a train, I've tried to talk to people but they just move! The 7.39 will be broadcast on BBC One at 9pm on Monday, January 6 and Tuesday, January 7. *Follow us on Facebook and Twitter*
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